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AURORA — It would’ve been easy for the Littleton Lions to call it quits after Cherokee Trail opened their boys lacrosse state playoff game with six straight goals. It would’ve been just as easy to pack it in at halftime down by that same six-goal deficit with few signs of a comeback on the horizon.
But that’s not what Littleton is all about, and the Lions proved that on May 4 at Legacy Stadium.

Scoring goals in the first half is a tone-setter for the Columbine Lady Rebels, but they haven’t always come easily. There’s a goal here and there, but not at the frequency they would like with the 5A state playoffs on the horizon. That wasn’t a problem on May 3 against Mullen.
Ember Albertson and Ashley Morris scored in the first six minutes as host Columbine tripped the Lady Mustangs 3-0 in the regular-season finally for both teams.
Getting off to an early start was imperative, Albertson said.

A year ago, Columbine made an improbable run to be one of the final five teams left in 5A baseball before losing in the state tournament. This year, the run started much earlier and it came with 5A Jeffco League supremacy to boot.
Austin Anderson had three hits, Jaxon Mohr scored twice and Columbine scored four first-inning runs and never trailed in fending off host Chatfield 8-6 on May 5. The win sewed up a conference championship for the Rebels.

As we enter the most intense period of the American political cycle — Ppresidential election season — it’s worth reminding ourselves that not everything is political. This may sound obvious enough, but lately the line between politics and everything else has become blurred.
It all starts with our insatiable appetite for all things political. Car bumpers blare opinions in ever-more-shrill tones. News outlets have drifted away from factual reporting and now rely heavily on the expression of opinion, most of it raw and partisan.

Tim James — a family man, business owner, park district resident for 10 years and avid fan of the active, outdoor lifestyle — believes it's time "to give back and serve the community."

James has submitted his name as an applicant for appointment to the Foothills Park and Rec District board from Ward 2.

The position became available when incumbent Jill Nunes decided not to run again this spring. No one else submitted their name before the May 8 election, leaving it up to the board to make an appointment.

A construction company hired to produce detailed cost estimates for a Jeffco crime lab and community corrections facility says the price tag is $13 million higher than the $46.4 million originally budgeted.

The Jeffco Board of County Commissioners took a dim view of the news, saying that cuts would have to be made because there is no more money in the budget.

After pioneering similar developments in Longmont and Highlands Ranch, entrepreneurs Glenn McWilliams and Mike Ard are starting construction on their third high-end storage complex, on 6.3 acres at Shaffer Place and West Chatfield Avenue in the Ken Caryl Business Center.

In response to the growing demand for healthy alternatives to automobiles and the popularity of bicycles for commuting, Jeffco’s Development and Transportation Division has created a combination bicycle-pedestrian plan that would build bicycle-friendly elements into roads designed for cars only.

The plan was presented to the county commissioners at the weekly meeting May 1 and adopted on a 3-0 vote.

The first bicycle-pedestrian plan was created in 1995 and consisted of sidewalks along major roads and trails along major drainage ways.